Avondale Castle Ship Union Castle Mail Steamship Co Ltd¹

• (Child) Birth*: Avondale Castle Ship Union Castle Mail Steamship Co Ltd was born on 5 November 1896; Name      Official number      Flag      IMO
  AVONDALE CASTLE      108160      GBR      
  Year built      Date launched      Date completed
  1897      05/11/1896      
  Vessel type      Vessel description
  Passenger / Cargo Refrigerated      Steel Screw Steamer 4 Masts
  Builder      Yard      Yard no
  Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan      Fairfield      394
  
  
  Tonnage      Length      Breadth      Depth      Draft
  5531 grt / 3542 nrt /      425.2 ft      50.0 ft      30.0 ft      22.2 ft
  Engine builder      Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan
  Engine detail
  1-screw, T3cyl (30.75, 51, 82 x 57in), 620nhp, 3500ihp, 15knots
  
  
  First owner      First port of register      Registration date
  Castle Mail Packets Co. Ltd. - D. Currie & Co., London      London      
  Other names
  1912 GARONNA
  Subsequent owner and registration history
  1900 Union Castle Mail Steamship Co. Ltd, London
  1912 Cie de Nav. Sud-Atlantique, Bordeaux
  Vessel history
  
  Remarks
  
  End year      Fate / Status
  1923      Broken Up
  Disposal Detail
  2nd quarter 1923 broken up at Bordeaux.²
  
  
• (Deceased) Death*: Avondale Castle Ship Union Castle Mail Steamship Co Ltd died in 1923 at Bordeaux, France, , End Year 1923      
  Fate/ Status Broken Up
  Disposal Detail 2nd quarter 1923 broken up at Bordeaux.

• Photograph*: Avondale Castle Ship Union Castle Mail Steamship Co Ltd is in this photograph taken.²
  

  Avondale Castle
• (Ship) Emigration*: Avondale Castle Ship Union Castle Mail Steamship Co Ltd took David Kinnear Adamson on 5 October 1901 at Southampton to, Natal, South Africa, First name(s)     D
  Last name     Adamson
  Title     MR
  Gender     Male
  Age     24
  Birth year     1877
  Marital status     S
  Occupation     MASON
  Departure year     1901
  Departure day     5
  Departure month     10
  Departure port     Southampton
  Destination port     Durban (Port Natal)
  Destination     DURBAN (PORT NATAL)
  Country     South Africa
  Destination country     South Africa
  Ship name     Avondale Castle
  Ship master's first name     S C
  Ship master's last name     BROWN
  Ship destination port     SOUTH AFRICA
  Ship destination country     SOUTH AFRICA
  Ship square feet     8441
  Ship registered tonnage     3542
  Number of passengers     384
  Record set     Passenger Lists Leaving Uk 1890-1960
  Category     Travel & migration
  Subcategory     Passenger Lists
  Collections from     Great Britain, England.¹